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Here is a video slideshow about Titus Boggs, which was shown at his memorial service on September 1, 2011 (see his obituary announcement). This slideshow was prepared by Titus Smith, a newphew of Titus Boggs. It’s long–over 14 minutes–but if you knew Titus, you’ll probably enjoy watching it.
Huntington University’s Women’s Auxiliary’s Fall Breakfast will be held at 9 a.m. Sept. 17 in the upper level of the Habecker Dining Commons on campus. The speaker will be Dr. Matthew Ruiz of the Huntington University Exercise Science Department.
Ruiz’s topic is “Energy for Everyone! Exercises for Your Comfort Zone that can strengthen your body, mind, and spirit.” He will be showing types of exercises for various types of “comfort zones.”
Ruiz was a competitive baseball player, basketball player and personal trainer for 14 years. He has conducted applied sport psychology consultations since 2001 with various athletes and teams including volleyball, swimming, baseball, gymnastics, football and tennis.
The breakfast is a buffet and costs $7. Please make a reservation with either Pat Jones, 260-359-4075 or 260-356-7365, or Linda Bordeaux, 260-672-2598 by Sept. 14.
The Huntington University Women’s Auxiliary exists for the purpose of linking campus and community. It provides help with amenities in university dorms, as well as maintaining some scholarships. The project for this year is to sponsor reupholstering of the furniture for Roush dorm lounge.
From Dr. G. Blair Dowden, President of Huntington University:
“I am sad to share with you that long time trustee and alumnus of Huntington University, Fred Geyer, unexpectedly passed away at 7:15 p.m. this evening at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. Fred has been an avid Huntington University supporter since his graduation in 1950 with a degree in biology. He served on the Board of Trustees for 15 years and continued to serve as a Trustee Emeritus, always taking an interest in our students and our growth and development as a Christ-centered institution.
“Fred was the founder and president of Geyer Instructional Aids for 40 years and donated significant scientific equipment and classroom materials to the university throughout the years. He was a true gentleman and a strong servant of our Lord. He will be greatly missed. Please pray for Pauline, his spouse of 60 years, and the family as they deal with this tremendous loss.”
Roger Reece (left), executive director of the Associated Churches, prays for the five 46808 pastors. Tim Hallman, pastor of Anchor UB, is second from the right.
Anchor Community Church (Fort Wayne, Ind.) participated in a community worship service on September 4 with four other area churches. Of the 165 people who attended the joint service in Hamilton Park, about 60 were from Anchor. The Anchor worship team led all of the music. Roger Reece, executive director of the Fort Wayne Associated Church, gave the sermon, after which everyone participated in communion. Followed, of course, by a potluck.
These five churches–UB, Presbyterian, Mennonite, Church of Christ, and United Methodist–are known as the 46808 churches (after the zip code). They have been cooperating in various ministries for several years. This was the first time they have held a joint Sunday morning service. (They have held joint Sunday evening services during Lent for the past four years.)
Tim Hallman (right), pastor of Anchor, wrote about the event on his blog. Here is an excerpt:
“Anchor has worked hard to be relevant to our neighbors–but we don’t want to continue to do that work alone. We want to learn from our other neighborhood churches the ways they’ve become helpful. From the collaboration comes more helpful churches, a unity of spirit that adds strength to our good work, and new opportunities for the Spirit to accomplish the impossible in us and through us.
“More than anything, our churches want the Gospel of Jesus to be good news for our neighbors. We want our churches to be harbingers of that announcement. We want the kingdom to come where we live. This means, though, that we have to get involved in the lives and issues of our neighborhood. All the divorced families. All the kids without a father at home. Homes where the man is in prison. Families that are caught up in the court-system. Families that are dependent on the welfare system. Parents that don’t know how to make it work together. People on disability, who are depressed, who are angry. People struggling to start over again, to get an education, to get a better job, to be a better parent.
“There are also great families in our neighborhood, homes that are good and stable and shine a lot of light. And our neighborhood needs our churches to do their best in making disciples who are the hands and feet of Jesus where they live.”
Anchor’s Facebook page has lots of photos from the event.
Thanks from the Huntington University Women’s Auxiliary to the Women’s Missionary Fellowship and Women’s Ministry groups across the United Brethren denomination who graciously contributed to the 2010-11 completion of the Baker/Roush Hall Prayer Room project.
Malory Jones, resident director, has responded to the few touches added this fall in completing the modest meditation room: “The Prayer Room looks fantastic! So clean and polished looking! Thanks for all your hard work. May the room be utilized much this year.”
Funds received from the summer letter to the denominational women’s groups also contribute toward our present project of partial funding for the lovely reupholstery of furniture in the Roush Main Lounge. Come see!
Gratefully,
The HU Women’s Auxiliary Executive Team
Barbara Fetters and Judy Campbell, co-presidents
Chris Dowden, vice president
Ruth Weber, secretary
Deb Cherry, treasurer
Sue Cherry, corresponding secretary
Jean Michelson, publicity secretary
Greg Helman (right), senior pastor of Blue rock UB church (Waynesboro, Pa.) was the subject of a “Profile in Faith” column in the online TheRecordHerald.com.
When asked what he likes most about his job, Greg said:”
I’m an encourager with a coach’s personality. So, I love to see people come to know Jesus and then help them to grow in their faith. Great fulfillment comes from preaching, teaching, and relationship building. Whether we are at a ball game or in a church setting, I get to participate in some humble way in what God is doing in another person’s life. As that person matures in their faith, then they are able to help others to live by faith in Jesus, too.”
When asked, “What is something about your work most people may not know?”, he replied:
“Prayer is a huge part of my job that may get overlooked as people think about the pastor’s job. It’s easy to see what gets done on Sunday as I preach and/or teach. But prayer goes on behind the scenes between the Creator of all that is and myself. It’s such an important time for me that I put this first in my day, regardless of what else I may be doing. For only then am I ready to help anyone else to live by faith in Jesus. Also, I’m able to share the needs of others that God puts on my mind and heart. It’s been very refreshing to understand that prayer is possible whether I’m running on the high school track or in my favorite place, the shower. God always hears and answers my prayers in the best way.”
Greg also talks two memorable ministry moments. Altogether, a very interesting and informative piece.
A post on August 23 told about Josh McKeown’s struggle with leukemia since being diagnosed with a rare form, called Ph+CML, in November 2010. The article mentioned the book he wrote, called “The Gift of Cancer.” You can order a copy of the book at his website, TheGiftofCancerOnline.com.
Josh writes of his leukemia diagnosis: “On that day my life changed and I could have retreated and given up but that’s not the type of life that God wants for us. I decided then and there that I wasn’t going to let cancer beat me. I was going to look at cancer as a gift from God that I can use for His glory. I don’t think God gave me cancer, but I do know that He is the God that heals. But right now He is choosing not to. The time that I have with this disease I am going to use to further His kingdom and minister through it with a positive attitude. I am trying to travel around and speak at churches and share my testimony.”
L-r: Sheila Counterman, Anita Gray, Jonathan Hicks, Carrie Lloyd, Joni Schmalzried, Matthew Wright. (click to enlarge)
Fifteen new faculty and staff have joined Huntington University for the 2011-12 school year. In the teaching area, the newcomers are:
You can read about all 15 new employees (with photos) on the Huntington University site.
Mount Pleasant Church (United Brethren in Christ) in Chambersburg, Pa., a growing and healthy church of 500 in weekly attendance, is seeking a fulltime Pastor of Outreach and Connecting. This fulltime salaried position is directly accountable to the senior pastor and secondarily to the Governing Board.
Spiritual gifts in evangelism, leadership, administration, teaching and preaching are important. Passion for helping people become committed followers of Jesus–disciples who make a difference–is a must. The chosen candidate must have at least significant progress towards a graduate degree in Christian Ministry such as a Master of Arts in Religion or a Master of Divinity, and at least five years of relevant work experience.
The new pastor will provide leadership to the Outreach Ministry Team consisting of both local and global goals and objectives. Locally, the pastoral candidate will survey the community to understand its perceived needs. Then he or she will develop ministry systems to meet those needs while introducing Christ and the Mt. Pleasant Church. Local outreach events will need to be planned and coordinated. A local outreach team will need to be built to facilitate the newly developed goals and objectives in our local community.
Globally, the candidate will track the work and needs of the missionaries supported by the Mt. Pleasant Church, make sure the promised obligations made by the church are upheld in a timely manner, and recommend extra gifting if possible at the end of the year. Short-term mission trips and projects will be coordinated.
This new pastor will develop, implement, and administer a connecting plan that will move new believers and first-time visitors as well as loosely-connected attendees into fully engaged participants in the life of the Mt. Pleasant Church. The development of electives or classes to help people in their process of maturing as a Christian and a Church member will be a significant responsibility.
The new pastor will provide leadership to the existing ministries as well as to those developed within the bounds of the Connecting Ministry. He or she will also lead the Small Group Ministry, recognizing that one of the key ways that people connect to church life is by connecting to a small group of people with similar interests. The new pastor will work closely with the leader of the Discipleship Ministry Team, understanding that a significant opportunity for people to make their connections with Mt. Pleasant can take place in the Sunday school classes.
The associated budgets in these two areas of responsibility will be prepared and managed each year.
This position is now open and waiting to be staffed. To forward your resume, please get in touch with Senior Pastor Chris Little.
